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Last thursday

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Took a fishing buddy out on the river for the first time last friday...He got his first Channel and Sturgen.

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Congrats on the firsts of your buddy!

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Yeah he was pretty pumped. He actually snagged the sturgen in the side, it peeled out drag fast on the cut bait and when he set the hook it must have yanked the bait out of its mouth and into the side. All fish were released.

I missed what was probably a small flat head on a 13" sucker.... It chomped down on it, and i gave it two minutes and then the rod tip, yanked the bait out. Great way to de-scale a sucker! haha. Must have been a samll flat.

Hope to spend some time out there this weekend.

-He was also pretty impressed with the stick he hauled in...that peeled out drag like a sumo channel cat. "i've never gotten a branch that big" he says, "well, i don't think you've ever used 80LB line either" i replied. lol.

  • 2 weeks later...
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Any reports on the walleyes in the minnesota river?

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Any reports on the walleyes in the minnesota river?

They havent been stealing my Bullheads I know that much.

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Any reports on the walleyes in the minnesota river?

I havent caught one for awhile, but this time of year, they tend to not be as aggressive. They are out there, and you are targeting them in the right spots, you will do well.

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I havent caught one for awhile, but this time of year, they tend to not be as aggressive. They are out there, and you are targeting them in the right spots, you will do well.

When are they very active?

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I would have to say when water temps are in the low 70's. Right now the water temps are pretty close to 80, or more.

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Shorefished last Friday in Mankato, 7/23/2010. Targeting catfish in the afternoon. Had only one real run, pretty sure it was a cat too, but it tangled me into some deadfall. Other than that a 10lb +- carp and 2 - 2lb sheephead. Was a fun afternoon anyhow. River was still high.

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Hey guys, the Walleye action has really picked up since the river has gone down since the last flood. Spinners with a crawler or leech seem to be the ticket. Bronze spinners with red beads a 4-5 Ft snell. Give that a try, you might have to pick throught the the channel cats to get a few eyes, but the action is consistent.

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what kind of depths you targeting david bloom

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I would say most of them are in less than 8 FOW. I have been catching them from shore around jordan around the break lines. The action slowed a bit though only gettin like 1 or 2 a night now.

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the saturday early afternoon bite is lite. but it sure beats nada. whoever gave me the bright idea to go north instead of south paid off for this 50lber wink

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Hey Jeffferyyy,

I have always dreamed of catching a 50lber.

Now that I have seen your 50lber I just realised that I may have

already caught one. lol

Nice daytime catch !

tweed

winkwink

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Made it out on Friday night in Shakopee. I was skunked with 0 runs, but my buddy was 1 for 3 and caught a 33" Flatty at 11PM. There were quite a few boats out.

  • 2 weeks later...
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I went out for some eyes last night and did fairly well, Didnt fish long maybe an hour or so and caught a several eyes. I was pitching jigs w/ grub and got some small ones and than before I left I hooked into a 24" and 26". I had another night one on but it broke my jig shaft right off frown

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headed out of shakopee tonight from about 8-3. hopefully ill have a good report.

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Good luck!

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1 sauger, 1 saugeye, and 3 white bass last night. only was out for about two hours

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Pretty nice. What were you using? How big were the sauger/eyes and white bass?

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good report from shakopee. 1 nice hog!

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Nice fish jeffreyyy

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Is that a channel? what were the specs on that hawg?

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That is a big channel!!! Nice!!

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pretty sure thats a flatty, nice and green wink (i know camera phone = bad picture). it was circling and splashing around our bait from like 11-2 before it finally hit. at one point i reeled my bullie in and cut it and used the head, that fish or i assume its that fish just came right over the top of where my bait was in the water and splashed the hell outta me in the boat, wasn't happy with me toying with his emotions. wasnt till i threw on the 10" bullie in the bucket, that it couldnt pass up. Thanks new law!!

my measure on my scale only went to 40" and it was past that, so good size fish. not sure on the weight i didnt wanna hurt the fish considering my scale is old and id put to much pressure on the fish. but it was a beast. biggest fish i ever caught. nothing like the MN river. love it.

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Got the body of a Channel with the smaller head and looks like a forked tail.

Obviously though you saw the thing up close.

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Wow nice fish! I think that is a huge channel cat.

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Wow, nice Channel, and its without a doubt a Channel cat.

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biggest channel i ever seen then, first one caught too. flippin sweet lol

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